Colts! Colts! Colts!
Wow! As a long time Colts fan from Indiana, all I can say is this: FINALLY! We are the champions, na na na na na! ;-)
Enlightening essay. It offers some solutions at the end that I hope get wider implementation. “We need to stop shipping recycling abroad,” he says. “No civilised society should be getting rid of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 36 minutes ago
How about this: A solitary life in the wild is both lonely and dangerous. If we wish to live a fruitful life as social animals we need others: parents, spouses, children. So we must be good to...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 54 minutes ago
Stories like this, don't install much confidence either.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
I don't think anyone, anytime, anywhere would deny that we are all aware of being alive and do not wish to die and that we all feel pain. These may be subjective, but they are universal and...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
The problem here is that what would constitute 'observable, undeniable, "palpable" criteria' is still an opinion, on which thousands of people would disagree. Morality will...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 3 hours ago
Of course, "objective" in the scientific sense does not apply to morality. But that does not stop us from having observable, undeniable, "palpable" criteria to base a moral...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 3 hours ago
Gravity is objective because it exists whether human minds exist or not. OTOH, morality cannot exist without human minds. Therefore it is subjective. You might want to impose criteria but it only...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 3 hours ago
I share my emotional story in this chapter.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 9 hours ago
Some might say that AI is increasingly becoming self-aware! Lmao it is nothing more than the combination of AI and ML working in tandem. These are systems that learn and adapt what they learn to be...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 12 hours ago
Thanks John. It's been awhile my friend. I am re-reading your Why I Became an Atheist. That experience with Linda got me thinking about someone I knew in the church who tortured himself for...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
Let's not forget that in many ancient societies homosexuality was quite common. Particularly in warrior societies like the samurai and Spartans. I once told someone when I was a believer that...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 12 hours ago
Welcome dude!
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
Well, John I have to state that so called "evil" does affect us all on both an emotional and intellectual level. Depending on how said evil touches our lives: for example, like loved ones...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
Which is why I think we are already fucked.
It's hard to argue rationally otherwise. For example, you can look at the various mitigation scenarios and the scale of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 14 hours ago
You can look at it emotionally, intellectually, of half-half if you like : snakes and burros do not talk, gods who (which?) walk to town to verify if some rumors they heard are true are not...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 19 hours ago
Katrina's impact was not restricted to it's locale. I remember in post Katrina Jacksonville, the crime rate increased significantly. Studies show that Hurricane Katrina did lead to...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 21 hours ago
Yeah, Katrina was a foreseeable phenomena that was going to cause a known problem.
We're repeating the same pattern with climate change, except there might not be an...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 21 hours ago
According to the CDC, about half of them do.
The WHO estimates that 1.4 billion folk on the planet smoke. They also estimate that "over" 8 million die from...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 22 hours ago
The onus "is put".
As it is with anything that has potentially dangerous outcomes. No one is forced to buy a gun or a car. All these things are a matter of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 23 hours ago
When I was still a Catholic, a woman from my parish approached the Sisters of Charity about joining their order. Usually one goes through various vetting steps to become a religious. The mother...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
The Haidt video is great but I have to disagree on his claim that libertarians are better systematic thinkers. Libertarians tend to be climate change deniers and deniers of collective action...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Can we ever divorce reasoning away from emotions?
I can't! But sometimes I can be partially aware of what I'm doing. I can also sometimes be aware of when I'm...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Yes, the theologian's omni-God is a concept that gradually evolved, and may not have been fully formed until the Middle Ages. The older scriptures clearly attribute limitations to God. And...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Hitchens' book on her is required reading for the discerning atheist. And would that we could require it for all the Christian marks. *
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago